9S6 LXXI. EPACBIDEJI. [Leucopogon. 



15. I., flexifolius (leaves twisted), R. Br. Prod. 546 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 216. A rigid shrub of 1 to 2ft., with numerous erect branches minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves very crowded, linear or linear-lanceolate, tapering into a 

 fine point, flat or concave, but much twisted when dry as in L. glacialis, 2 to 4 

 lines long. Peduncles axillary, exceedingly short, bearing 1 or 2 very small 

 flowers besides the rudiment. Bracts very small ; bracteoles about ^ as long as 

 the calyx, broad, obtuse, minutely ciliate. Sepals scarcely above f line long, 

 obtuse, minutely ciliate. Corolla about 1 line long, the lobes as long as the 

 tube. Anthers attached at the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous 

 disk sinuate. Ovary 5 -celled. — DC. Prod. vii. 754; Styphelia flexifolia, Spreng. 

 Syst. i. 659. 



Hab.: Shoalwater Bay, E. Brown. 



16. Ii. biflorus (two-flowered), R. Br. Prod. 545 ; Benth. FL Austr. iv. 217. 

 An erect shrub, with very spreading branches, sometimes very straggling, 

 glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves oblong-linear or linear-lanceolate, with 

 a fine and rigid but sometimes very short point, flat or convex, shining above, 

 mostly under Jin. long. Peduncles axillary, exceedingly short, with two pendulous 

 flowers or rarely only one besides the rudiment. Bracteoles not half so long 

 as the calyx. Sepals about IJ line long, acute but not narrow. Corolla-tube 

 as long, as the calyx ; lobes nearly as. long as the tube. Anthers attached about 

 the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous scales acuminate, distinct 

 or slightly connate at the base. Ovary 5-celled ; style rather long. — DC. Prod, 

 vii. 751 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 104 ; Styphelia hifiora, Spreng. Syst. i. 659 ; L. 

 sparsus, A. Cunn.; DC. Prod. vii. 751 ; L. similis, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 321. 



Hab.: Logan Eiver, Rev. B. Scortechini. 



17. I.. Mitchellii (after Sir Thos. Mitchell), Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 220. 

 A glabrous and often glaucous shrub of 2 to 3ft. Leaves sessile, narrow-oblong, 

 abruptly contracted into a short, pungent point, flat or slightly concave, rarely 

 ■|in. long. Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing usually only 1 flower besides 

 the rudiment or rarely 2 perfect flowers, which are larger for the genus. Bracts 

 minute ; bracteoles very broad, truncate, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals 

 nearly 2 lines long, dry, obtuse. Corolla-tube 3 to 3 J lines long; lobes nearly 

 2 lines. Anthers attached about the mfddle, obtuse, without sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk truncate. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled ; style long, the stigma 

 sometimes very small, sometimes broad and peltate. — L. cuspidatus, Mitch. Trop. 

 Austr. 225, 226, not of E. Br. 



Hab.: Near Lake Salvator Rosa, Mitchell; in the interior, Leichhardt ; Percy Island, A. 

 Gunningliavi ; Mount Hedlow, Eookhampton, G. E, Porter. 



18. !■. juniperinus (Juniper-like), R. Br. Prod. 546 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 220. A divaricately branched shrub, with pubescent or hirsute branchlets. 

 Leaves very spreading, linear or oblong-linear, with a fine rigid point and 

 recurved margins, mostly under -J-in. long. Peduncles axillary, very short, 

 bearing usually a single flower, with a single subtending bract or Sometimes 

 2 or 3 empty, very acuminate ones below. Bracteoles about J line long, broad, 

 obtuse, minutely muoronate. Sepals IJ to nearly 2 lines long, mucronate-acute. 

 Corolla-tube slender, 3 to 3J lines long, the lobes very short. Anthers attached 

 near the top, very obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous scales distinct or 

 slightly cohering. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled; style elongated. Fruit yellow, 

 oblong, 2 to 2J lines long —DC. Prod. vii. 758 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 104 ; Lodd. 

 Bot. Cab. t. 447 ; Styphelia juniperina, Spreng. Syst. i. 668 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 



